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Men are apt to offend (tis true) where they find most goodness to

Men are apt to offend (tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. – William Congreve

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There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. – William Congreve

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Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. – William Congreve

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A generous confession disarms slander. – Thomas Fuller

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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances. – Benjamin Franklin

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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. – George Bancroft

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde

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